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Why not give it a fair trial ? _ 103 RULED FOR CONTEMPT Judge Dennis Finds Against Editor Clayton of Pickens. Greenville T^Jews. Pickens, Feb. 25. ? Judj,'e E. C. Den ais sitting in Sessions court here to day paid a tribute to the press of the country as a powerful influence for good, if properly handled, in remarks preliminary to passing sentence of a line of $10 on F. V. Clayton, editor of tho Pickens Sentinel, convicted of contempt of court as a result of a lews story appearing in the Sentinel in its issue of February 14 in refer ence to the murder case of the state against Jake Gosnell, which was to have been tried for the third time last week. Judge Dennis' remarks follow in "It seems to me that it is a very unfortunate thing to bring a news paper into court. They are wonder ful influences for good and have been wonderful influence for law enf orce ment. I don't know any influence that has been greater, and, I say, I it is unfortunate that they have bcen brought into court; yet we have to do these things at times that it may be determined how far a newspaper may vo. It seems to me that where a news paper article which is strong for one aide of a case, appears m advance of tho trial of that case, that it cannot be helpful to law enforcement. It has been said that it is hard to ?oiwict a prominent white man of murder in South Carolina regardless of the evi dence, and that is true? if true?be cause of what takes place outside of the courtroom and not in it. allow politics and things of that kind to affect them, whether consciously or unconsciously, and they take into the jury those influences. . "Now, it seems to me that if there exists in Pickens county the sentr ment which has been expressed with reference to tho Gosnell trial in this return and by the attorneys repre senting this defendant, that the state of South Carolina should do one of two things: They should either nol pros this case or change its v^nue, because it seems from those ?taJe" ments to be the general opinion that nothing more than a mistrial in this county can ever be had. Now that is probably due to the fact that it is a case which has attracted a, great deal of notice and has been discussed in the newspapers and otherwise a great deal. I do not think this necessarily means that tho jurors of Pickens county are corrupt, but the most high-minded man in the world is sa'5" jefct to the influences around him, and tho old question of environment in making character; the same way political sentiment can influence a juror, because he is no more than human. , , , . , "Now, the position taken by the de fendant that this offense was commit ted, before court convened and while ?.he case was not pending before the court is overruled. The case was pending in the court ar\d was to come up for trial. "Now the defense set forth as to the rase not being properly styled is also overruled; and in rendering my judgment I am going to try to do so in such a way as not to leave any matter undetermined, so that when the supreme court passes on this, they will have the full understanding ol the judge who passes upon it. "Now, it seems to me that the question of intention comes into "J1? case as to what the gentleman wrote this article and published it intended for its effect to bo. Well, there is an expression that 'what you do speaks so loud that I can t hear what you say.' It seems to me that the intention of this article w*s so clearly for the benefit of the defen dant that I am going to find that it la so on its face, so that ?uPr?rfl? court can pdsa on the facta ox to* case as well aa the law of tha caae. It aeems to me that the article could not to taken by an* othax ttoa a? Intent to help the defendant in the trial of this CM*. "Now, I do not think that Mr. Clay ton is a man of newspaper experience or knowledge of law, that he knew or even thought that he would be guilty of contempt of court iii writing such an article. 1 g^ye hJm Ol'edlt'for bo licving every word he wrote, and 1 givo him credit further fo'y not in ending to commit any contempt of court; but 1 cannot go far enough to ^ive him credit for not thinking that his article would bo helpful to Jake Ciosnell. , "There is hardly any other influence n our country more powerful than that of the papers, and I will go fur ther and say that the county papers are just as influential, if not more ho, than the daily; and I cannot believe but what an article printed and pub lished and written by as influential a man us Mr. Clayton is in this county qn the cyc of the trial of a man for murder would be without influence on the jury. I know that if I wero not judge and were not 'acquainted with the facts of the case and read that ar ticle it would certainly make an im pression on me. It not only comes out in some statements but it suggests ! more than it says. For instance, the expression, if I recall it right, "it is I intimated that such and such is tho case." You can damn a cause by inuendo, and' you can help it by such. "I reach the irresistible conclusion, hat the party in writing and publish ing that article was trying to help the defendant, and that it was an im proper article to publish. I make that (hiding, as I say, basing it on that ar icle in spite, of the decim ation of the lefendant that ho did not so intend it. I do not see how it could be said that this article was not calculated to in 'luence a jury. I am going to take no consideration,? though, the fact that Mr. Clayton is inexperienced in aw matters, and th^it he is a man of standing in this county, and I wish , cry much that I could excuse him, but it seems to me that this is an arti cle that should be made a test. I do not believe that there ever will be one written which will come nearer being a test case as to how far a newspaper may go and it seems to me that I would absolutely derelict in my duty under my understanding of the law, to excuse this man, however, much per sonally I would like to ,do so, and however, much I dislike to do any thing as judge that would have any harmful effect on Mr. Clayton. I would rather harm myself personally, but I cannot fail as judge to follow my convictions, regardless of the effect that it may have on Mr. Clay ton; and I say that I think that his writing this article was probably due to Iris newspaper inexperience, and his lack of knowledge of law and proce dure. A man in his position, the fact of finding that he is guilty of con tempt is largely the punishment that he will suffer, and the punishment that I am going to put on him is very light. It is going to be practically nothing, because I think the fact of his Deing found guilty of contempt is practically punishment enough. I do not meag for it to be taken as any indication that I < think the charge is frivolous because I put such a light fine on him, but as a say the fine that I pass on him is taken merely as a compliance with the law, taking in that this experience that he has had and the finding him guilty of con tempt will be sufficient punishment and will be a lesson to him and to other newspapers. "I am going to sentence Mr. Clay ton to pay a fine of ten dollars, to be confined until the fine is paid^ pending an appeal to the Supreme' court' to be admitted-to bail in the sum of one hundred dollars on his own recognizance. Printing Plant Bill Killed. Columbia, Feb. 29. ? The Senate of South Carolina today decided against a proposal that the State do its own printing after the erection of a State printing plant. By a vote of 19 yeas to 14 na^s, the Senate adopted a motion made by Senator S. H. McGhee, of Greenwood, to strike out the enacting words of the Christensen State printing plant bill after a vigorous fight had been made by proponents of the measure. This project, against which Senator Nleis Christensen of Beaufort re cently declared "a campaign of mis representation" had been Carried on by the press of the State, was re jected by the House of Representa tives during the week, so that both houses have now gone on record as opposing printing -as a State operated enterprise. Prohibition officers seized 85 cases of liquors on board the British steam ship Adriatic in New York harbor last Friday. The British government recognizes the seizure as entirely le procedure and it is understood will inake no protest. The liquors seized were in excess of the legal amount allowed the vessel. DOG TAX. I wish to call special attention to tho dog license tax, which can be paid from October J 6th, 1923, to February 1st, 1924. (February 1st, 1924, is the last day for the payment of this tax.) Tho licenso tax on each dog is $1.26, and I now have the licenso tags to supply owners of dogs when paying their license tax. A dog is liable to this tax if six months old or older on January 1st. (A dog born June 30th, 1923, is liable to the tax January 1st, 1924.) This is in lieu of all other taxes or licenses on dogs, either county, mu nicipal or otherwise Dog license tax issued by the Treasurer should bear the inscription License 1824," also show the number and county. This is not .3d on the Auditor's Duplicate, nor carried on the odinary t ax re WINS OVER BOTH TEAMS Charlotte Thompson High Huns Up Scores on Blaney Court.. The Charlotte Thompson High School basketball teams, boys and girls, defeated Hlaney High School at Hlaney Friday > afternoon, ? the boys .winning by a score of 23 to 10 and tho trills IK to 1). The play was close and both games were hard fought. The first half ended with the girls of Hlaney leading 5 to 4, and the Charlotte Thompson boys 18 to 12. In the last half how ever, both of the visiting teams began to pull away and swejJt <the home team off their feet. Tho Blaney guards could not stop the opposing forwards while the Hlaney forwards found the Charlotte Thompson guards sticking too close to p$tmit them u> thrbw. . For Charlotte"" Thompson Misses Nellie Dixon and Ellen Hoykin featured, the wholo team however played stellar ball. For Blaney Misses Sanders and Edens played tho best game. 'v For the boys, Dennis and Norris showed up well for the visitors. Kelly and Avery were tho best shots for Hlaney. The lineup and summary: Girls C.T.H.S.4? 18 Blaney ? 9 Position Workman (6) Ross F. Davis (1) Sanders (D) F. Dixon N. Ederts C. . . Johnson . . . . . . . , Edens S. C. Brown . Madox G. Boykin Miors G. Substitutions ? C. T. H. S. i K. Dixon for Davis; L. Dixon for N. Dixon; N. Dixon (11) for K. Dixon. Boys C.T.H.S. ? 23 Blaney? 16 Position Pearce (7) .. Ross (3) ? / IV. Bruce (2) : Roberts V Scarboro (1) Kelly (13) C. Nichols . . Kirk G. Norris Avery G. Substitutions ? C. T. H. S.: James for Nichols; Dennis (7) for Scarboro; Brown (4) for Bruce; Scarboro for Dennis; Dennis for James; Dixort (2) for Norris. Millionaire Suicides. Tallahassee, Fla., Feb. 27. ? A cor oner's jury here today rendered a verdict of suicide on the death of Dr. Tennett Ronalds, 85, Scottish millionaire, of Edinburgh, Scotland,] who died at his winter homo near this' place . today from a pistol shot wound in the temple. He had been in extremely ill health for several months, and this is supposed to have been the cause of his act of self-de struction. He came to Tallahassee in 1898 and has maintained a home here and another iri Edinburgh, living six months of the year at each place. DILLON HANKKK KlLlLKD J. Hetheu MeetH Dmth on Helmont Mt. Holly Highway*** (Charlotte Observer, March 4) J. 0. Met hen, Jr., 24-year-old bank teller ^of Dillon, S. C., and a member of a prominent' family in that sec tion of the statu wan killed early Monday morning when the touring, car in which he wan riding in com pany with several others rolled off the Helmont-Mount Holly highway on a curve one mile this side of Bel mont. Mr. Hethea's skull was crushed when the car turned over down the embankment. With Mr. liethea in the car at t-ha time were IL M. Ilamer, well known planter of the Dillon section, who was driving, and three Davidson col lego students, Flake (Red) Laird, varsity basketball player^ * Jimmy Groover and Hamilton Ansley. No no of the four were seriously hurt in the accident. The versipn of the accident given by the surviving occupants of the wrecked automobile was that the party was returning t(? Davidson from (?astonia, and met another car on the highway on a eutfve. The lights of the other car blinded Mr. (lamer, and he drew to one side to avoid a colli sion, slowing down. The .soft ground along the shoulder of the road gave way and the cat* plunged down a the foot embankment. In some way Mr. Bethea, who was on the back seat, caught his head under the seat, and ? his skull was crushed.' His death was almost instantaneous. Mr. Ilamor waH pinned under a seat, but his com panions manage^- to extricate him without injury, other than a bruised shoulder. Army Officer Killed. Columbia, Feb. 2D. ? Capt. Philip J. O'Brien, U.S.A., commanding: officer , ?i Tamp Jackson, was fatally injured tonight in an automobile accident near here, lie died just after reach ing .*v local hospital. Two civilians wMi him were injured. ('apt. i Hi ien's home was in New York Cit;j, where his mother and a sister at^ now living; S. K. Honey of Columbia, employe*! at Union by the Southern Kailway company, was found dead in bed at i? Union hotel early Saturday. His body was taken to Columbia? Fie is sur vived by his wife and one son, Ml. Honey was 49.ye$rsi old. trter and Demountable Rims. $83 extra S90C ,o. ?/^iy Every spring the demand for Ford Cars is several Hundred thousand greater than the available supply. Place your order immedi ately, to avoid delay in delivery. NOTEj A email payment down puts your name on the preferred delivery list. i See the Nearest Authorized Ford Dealer r-Mc CARS ? TRUCKS ? 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